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Dr. Narco Longo | Old World Florida, Apples or Oranges? and Strange Ancient Artifacts

My Family Thinks I'm Crazy

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The Origins of Oranges

There is no word that rhymes with orange, except for origin. In the Greek version of all those historic mythical accounts, they're talking about citrus because it wasn't the apple. So how do we know the orange might have came from the west instead of the east? Well, what's the Greek word for orange? Porto Cali, which means Portugal fruit. It probably entered the port of Portugal from the west came into Portugal and was then introduced to Europe as the Portugal fruit,Porto Cali.

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